At least eight people have been injuredthree of them transferred to the hospital in mild condition, due to a fire that took place in a home of the Madrid district of Carabanchelas reported this Saturday by sources from Emergencies Madrid.
“A notice has been received from the City Hall firefighters Madrid alerting of a possible fire in a home. Means have been activated and upon our arrival we found a fire broken through the façade and with several people asking for help“, declared the Madrid Firefighters duty officer, Esteban Soto.
The incident occurred in a house on Avenida de las Hilanderas, in Carabanchel, about 300 meters from the metro station. Blessed Bread. SAMUR-Civil Protection has treated eight people, of whom has transferred three in a mild state.
The rescue has been carried out thanks to aerial means, as reported by Soto and, “at the same time, an installation has been made to attack the fire and extinguish it.” “The house has been affected in one of the rooms by fire and fire gases and in the rest, by gases and smoke“, he added in a message on the social network X.
The fire has been completely extinguished and emergency services are “ventilating the house and relocating the neighbors to try to get them back to normal.” The property, he added, has been “completely uninhabitable“.